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ROD MILL REEL.

Patented Jan. 15, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE- WILLIAM A. KILMER, OF NEWBURG, NEW YORK.

Ron-MILL REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 532,565, datedJanuary" 15, 1895'.

l ...Application tiled November 6, 1893. Serial No. 490,178. (No model.)

in appertains to make and use the same.-

This invention relates to an improvement in automatic reels to beemployed with rod mills in reeling or taking up the product as it cornesfrom the mill.

The invention consists in a reel provided withy a guide which is soconstructed as to l minimize friction, as will be explained.

. Fig. 3 represents a top View of the reel.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved reel.Fig. 2represents a tranverse section of Fig. l, taken on the line 2-2looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 represents a side view ofthe curved guide. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged vertical transversesection taken through the top part of Fig. 2, showing the guide and thecounter weight and rim. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged top view of thereel such as is shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged side view of thegear wheel and cap at the top of the reel, being partly in section. Fig.8 is an underneath perspective View of the casting to which the upperend of the curved guide is secured. Fig. 9 is an enlarged View of thechannel irons and wear plate which form parts of the guide. Fig. 10 is adetailed view ofv the wear plate, the dotted lines indicating the pathofthe rod. Fig. ll is a detailed View of part of the casting shown inFig. 8.

Inthe drawings: the letter A indicates the usual lower portion of anordinary automatic rod reel constructed in the usual way and pro- Ivided with a plate a, from which rise the usual reel pins a', taperingOEE from `bottomvto top. Secured on top of this plate a transverselythereto are two ribs B, indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

j ou rnal d and on the top the beveled gear d. Bushed' into the centerof the top d2 of this cap I) is the thimble E having the llange e.Engaging the beveled gear d is the beveled gear f on the counter shaft Fprovided with the driving pulley f.

Extending from the top ofthe reel is the rod delivery pipe G having thecurved end g with its outlet g which is over the top of the thimble F..j j

Securely bolted within the hollow journal cl of the cap D to the underside of the top of such cap, by its rim h is a casting H, having acentral hole' h which is in line with the thimble E. This casting H hasat opposite ends of a diameter the depending projections K-K, suchprojections having on each side the rabbets 7o, there being between thetwo rabbets 7t7o of each projection K-K, ribs lc-".2, the former,khaving a turn or bend as shown. Fitting around and securely bolted tothese ribs iff-7a2 are' the upper ends, Z and m of the channel irons Land M.

nel iron L has a twist given to it, so as to compensate for the greaterdistance of one side of the iron from the center of the reel, thusbringing both sides at the bottom the same distance from this center. Asimilar twist, for the same purpose, is given the channel iron M. Thistwisting of these channel irons, may be through their entire length.These channel irons, L, and M form the sides of the improved guide whichis the main element of the improvement in Athis reel. As hasbeen said,the channel iron M is twisted as shown. This iron curves at its bottomin two directions. At vthe point'm where the second curve begins,it notonly curves outwardly awayfrom Lthe channel iron L but also curvestoward from these channel irons and closer to the reel"` f pins. At ltheend n. of thiswear plate N there This double curvature ofthe IOO is madeon the underside of the plate at the offset a prolonged curve n, thecurvature of this curve being the same as that which is given to theunder side of the lower end of the channel iron M where the wear plate Nis secured to such lower end of the channel iron. The lower edge of thewear plate N is in sub stantially the same horizontal plane as the loweredges of the lower ends of the channel irons L and M.

Securely bolted to the front edges Z and m of the channel irons L and Mis the plat-e O, and securely bolted to the `rear edges Z2 and m2 ofthese channel irons L and M is another plate P. These plates have thecurvature of the reel as shown in Fig. G. The upper ends of theseplatesO and P rest against the under side of the fiange h of the casting II.The lower edge p of the plate P rests against the top of the wear ironN, but the lower edge o of the other plate O comes somewhat below thelower edge p of the plate P. This arrangement of the channel irons, wearplate and front and back plates forming the improved guide is soarranged in the reel that the upper end of the guide is directly underthe thimble E and the outlet g of the rod delivery pipe G. This rodguide Q extends ontwardly and obliquely and has its lower end justoutside of and below the upper ends of the reel pins a.

Secured to the under side ofthe cap D just across the reel from the rodguide Q, is a counter weight R to such guide, the two being braced apartby the brace s. Securely bolted to the lower ends of the guide Q andcounter weight R, is the circular rim T, its location being such that itsurrounds the up per ends of the pins a when the pins are in theelevated position shown in Fig. 2.

'As the rod is forced from the rolls of the rolling mill it passesthrough the rod delivery pipe G out of its outlet' g down through thethimble E, down the rod guide Q out at the lower end of such guide underthe wear plate Naud around the pins a. At the same time, power beingapplied to the counter shaft F, the cap D is turned in its bearings inthe top of the frame C and carries with it the rod guide Q. Thisrotation of the cap and guide is in the direction of the arrow, Fig. l,that is, the straight edge of the guide Q is in front and the curvededge at the rear. This movement of the guide tends to cause the rod tobe thrown against the rear or curved channel iron M and to take theposition shown in Fig. l. The rod is also thrown down into the curve n3of the wear plate N as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and itpasses out underneath the end of the wear plate and is laid around thepins a'. It will be seen that this action of the guide, owing to itsconstruction, lays the rod around the pins without the usual twisting orbinding of the rod which is found in previous rod mills. This freedom ofthe rod from twisting or binding is due to the shape of the guide. Thereis ample width of the guide for play of the rod from side to side andthe increasing of this width from top to bottom compensates for the swayof the rod as the guide turns around. Also by making this guide with thecurve at its delivery end, friction is minimized `and. there is nobinding in the last end of the rod as is found in other reels, therebeing no angles to pull over.

As shown in Fig. 2, the guide Q runs in a direct line from the thimble Eto the top of the pins a', and also is transversely curved as shown inFig. 6. As the rod is forced by the rolling mill down into this guide,the rod strikes against the inner curved surface of the plate P withinthe guide Q and glances off therefrom; and as there are no angles orbends in the guide from top to bottom, the rod is freely forced down theguide and out at its delivery end and under the delivery of thewear-plate N. 'Whatever wear there may be is taken up in the curve n ofthe wear plate N and the renewing of this plate Ais about all therepairing that is necessitated by the coiling of rods with this improvedreel.

By using the ribs B, all rebounding of the coil is effectually preventedas the rod bends down over these ribs, and in easing down all tendencyto rebound is obviated. However, as sometimes, in case the rear end ofthe rod should become cooled there may be a tendency for it to fly up inspite of the use of these ribs, and I propose, as absolute suretyagainst rebounding, to use the rim T; but in most cases the ribs alonewould be suiiicient to prevent such rebounding.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A rod reel providedwith a guide, Q, consisting of the plates, O and P, and the irons, L andM, the latter curved outwardly at the bottom, the said guide being widerat the bottom than at the top, as set forth.

2. The guide rod, Q, wider at the bottom than at the top and having itsrear edge curved outwardly at the bottom, in combination with the wearplate, N, secured to the bottom of the guide and having the curve,

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n3, of the same curvature as that of the rear edge of the guide at thebottom, as set forth.

3. The rod guide, Q, consisting of theplates, O and P, and the channelirons, L and M, the latter having the double twist, as set forth.

4. The rod guide, Q, provided withv the wear plate, N, having theoffsets, n and n, and the curve, n3, as setforth.

5. The combination of the cap, D, having the projections, K K', with therod guide, Q, consisting of the plates, O and P, and the channel irons,L and M, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. KILMER.

